Recommended Subject Headings

These links go to subject searches for books on Tripod. You can use these same subject headings to search for articles in Tripod or on specific databases. Remember, you can narrow your search by limiting fields on the right, including format type, language, and year of publication.

Tips for Searching Part 2

If you search a catalog or database and receive a large number of results, add a limit or additional keyword in order to retrieve a manageable and relevant number of results to review. At the same time overly narrow search terms can return too few results. One way of solving both problems is to use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), which allow you to limit or expand searches depending on your needs.

For example, a search for combatANDPTSD will return items that contain both "combat" and "PTSD":

soldier OR veteran returns items that contain either one of the terms or both:

reintegration NOT marine returns items that talk about reintegration of non-Marine military personnel:

Phrase searching:

An important strategy to use when searching for phrases ("battlefield medicine") or titles:For example, "combat trauma"